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May 15: Is there a mini or model that you love but have been too afraid to paint?

The Big'Uns. i.e. Kaladrax, Nerthymaul, Cthulu, Ma'al Drakar, etc.

Since they are really large and cannot be easily shoved in a shoebox, in my mind considers them display pieces that need to represent the best I can do, which I keep imagining is never good enough.

That and my lack of display cases/stands/cabinets (I really need to drop by Ikea after I move).

To another degree, female minis, because women deserve the best! Even if they are technically anthropomorphized plastic/metal toys. So completely ignoring them is somehow... more respectful? (Yeah, my brain doesn't make sense of it either)

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May 15: Is there a mini or model that you love but have been too afraid to paint?

Yes and no? I have "Farewell" by Nocturna, and I absolutely love that model, but I don't want to make it too.... simple? I also worry about my tendency to get a grainy surface for it. The resin is so beautifully smooth! I have schemed color plans on it though. Others kinda similar troubles, mostly the larger scale stuff, but less prominent in my mind. My main problem is not painting fast enough to get to all my minis. Now that I've done the Dark Sword ranger, I'm actually more confident on their stuff, but sometimes I just want a simple figure instead. I suspect that I'll be doing more simple ones in the future for the sake of time, until I get settled in a new area.

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One for the shelf of hope (where unpainted, pristine miniatures reside, hoping you will get better enough with paint to do them justice).

I never had a name for it until now but this is my exact sentiment. I have only painted one metal mini because i want to be "good enough" to paint those. The Bones ones i am less afraid of painting because they're less expensive. Don't ask me how i rationalize this in my brain. This forum has proven that rational thought has very little to do with mini painting.

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Huh usually I put one of these up sooner than this. Just been busy I guess.
Who's all going?
How did you fair in the hotel lottery?

So Sunday was event registration.
Did you get into the events you wanted?

My group did fairly well at the hotel thing this year even though we had to split the group this year. both hotels are fairly close.
I got into most of the events I wanted. had some issues with the priority system preventing me from getting into events because it conflicted with another event that I would only be going to if I hadn't gotten into an earlier time. Yet some how it did allow me to sign up for 2 Speed paints that conflicted with other events that I got into. (and I only realized one before paying)
Also I just a bit ago remembered that I wanted to do a Frostgrave event but they are all sold out already.

I was at the 2018 Adepticon in Schaumburg, Illinois last month helping out at the Reaper Paint & Take tables.

I took pictures of the stupendous international Crystal Brush competition entries and other minis and terrain with an eye towards the interests of the people on this forum. Also some fun cosplay and miscellaneous interest.

I can't guarantee my photographs are great. I was using two cameras with very different capabilities and strengths and I am not a professional photographer. Some of the pictures use a very harsh flash because it allowed for super sharp enlargements of detail, something I thought painters here would be interested in.

I didn't know which entries would win the Crystal Brush competition, and as it turns out I missed the third-place winner. I have got pictures of the first and second place winners.

So to begin with, here is this year's first place entry, "Apocalypse", a diorama by Michal Pisarski.

And this is the second place winner, "The Name of the Wind", a diorama by Sergio Calvo. My pictures of this are not so good, I'm afraid.

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